[ RadSafe ] Seriously Scary Radioactive Products From The 20thCentury

[Egidi, Philip]

Dan and Franz,
I walked by those specimens for some time and miss looking at them. It was very early in my career, but do remember them.
It was a shame the display had to go because the radiation safety people had an issue with them. Sigh.
That facility still exists, but in a much smaller role and has a much smaller footprint. I was there just last week for a meeting; there is a tremendous amount of history that was made at that site during and after WWII.
Past history informs today's practices...

PVE
Philip Egidi
Environmental Scientist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Radiation Protection Division
Washington, DC
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Seriously Scary Radioactive Products From The 20thCentury

Dear Franz:

Back in the early '80s, I provided the Museum of Natural History in Vienna the entire radioactive mineral collection from the DOE Operations, Grand Junction, Colorado. These rare and beautiful specimens were in the display cases at the main entrance of Grand Junction Operations and provided to the Austrian Government from the US DOE via the IAEA where I worked. Many had historical significance dating back to Madame Curie's mines in the Colorado Plateau.

Best!

Dan ii

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On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Franz Schönhofer < franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:

> Cary,
>
> Thank you for this post! I am very interested in "ancient" use of 
> radioactive material in consumer products. I have a small collection 
> of various devices including an original US Revigator, Fiesta ware, 
> radium dials etc. and a lot of literature. I hope you are aware that 
> quite a few persons are interested in this topic and for instance 
> Prof. Henning von Philipsborn, University of Regensburg (retired), has 
> a great collection. My collection is small, but nice, with various 
> uranium ores I collected myself in one of the most beautiful areas of 
> this world - the US South West - and crystals of radioactive minerals. 
> (Please don't tell the relevant Austrian radiation protection 
> authorities about it....) There is a lot about this topic to be found in the internet.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Franz
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Cary Renquist
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 10:07 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Seriously Scary Radioactive Products From The 
> 20thCentury
>
>
> Yet another compilation of old radioactive consumer products.
> (most appear to be European)
> http://j.mp/12jycaL
>
> Cary
>
> --
> Cary Renquist
> Cary.renquist at ezag.com
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